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be measured in embankment. Where the bank is made partly of rock and partly of earth, the amount of earth borrowed may be determined either by measuring the borrow pit or by measuring the embankment, as in the judgment of the Enginec-will give the greater certainty.

Solid rock and loose rock will be measured in excavation, and in computing overhaul, the number of yards hauled will be determined by the measurement in excavation and the dis-ance hauled determined by the volume of the embankment actually made from it.

MASONRY.

General Conditions.—All masonry must be built in accordance with the plans and dimensions furnished by the Engineer, and be subject also to the directions of any Superintendent or Inspector of Masonry appointed by him.

All masonry will be paid for by the cubic yard, measured in the finished work, and the amount so paid shall be in full for all labor and materials used in the work, including cost of scaffolding and centering, and I lie repairing of all damages to the unfinished work from floods or other causes.

Materials.—-All stone used in masonry must be sound ancl durable stone, approved by the Engineer, and be used in blocks as large as the quarries will furnish, or as may he necessary to comply with these specifications or the plans of the particular structure.

For brick masonry only the best quality of strictly hard dark reel bricks shall be used, all to be of uniform texture throughout and free from lime or other impurities. No soft bricks will he allowed in any part of the work, nor shall any clinkers or any broken bricks he brought upon the ground. Bricks broken afterwards in handling shall be used in such manner only as the F.nginetT or the Inspector may direct. Tf so required, the Contractor .shall furnish men at his own expense to cull the bricks under the* direction of the Inspector, ancl all rejectee! bricks must be at once removed from the line of the work.

Unless otherwise agreed, cement for use in all 'masonry will be furnished by the Railway Company to the Contractor,

and be delivered at......................................

For each barrel of cement so delivered the Contractor will be

charged..................dollars to he deducted out of any

moneys due tinder this contract. Cement, after it is received by the Contractor, must be kept under cover ancl dry until